# NTSB MIA68A0098: Cessna 172, N1483F, Grand Turk Is, Burkina Faso, May 29, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 29, 1968
- Place: Grand Turk Is, Burkina Faso · GRAND TURK IS, Bahamas
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 12, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 109604
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA68A0098
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA68A0098

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3881  68/5/29  NR.GRAND TURK IS,BWI  CESSNA 172          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 30, UNK/NR
        TIME - 1810                    N1483F              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED                           UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
                                  LOW ON FUEL
        REMARKS- PLT DECLARED ENG QUIT AND HE WAS DITCHING SO.OF GRAND TURK. DAMAGE AND INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1483F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1483F-2019-09-06), registration cancelled 2019-09-06, S/N 17254978, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Registry model: [Cessna 172H](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172h) (registry code 2072424) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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